Parra Matters #5: Parramatta Punk Hopes & Histories with Peter Curnovic of Beatdisc Records and Carmen Mercedes Gago Schieb

Join Parramatta’s own Beatdisc Records owner Peter Curnovic in conversation with Pari Co-Director, curator and noise artist Carmen Mercedes Gago Schieb. Carmen and Pete talk Parramatta’s punk past, present, and future as well as the changing face of the city and its potential. A call to action for all to create the scene they want to see, a look back at countercultural milestones and their influence on DIY communities, Pete and Carmen lovingly look to the past to imagine the scene’s future. Access the show transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QYL6UIJ1xd4-bW4nN4o9npoaLuk2AmsgKPUqgZ24vD0/edit?usp=sharing -- Parra Matters is the first season of Pari Radio, made for Pari Turns 5, Pari's 5th birthday. Produced by Emma Pham & Tian Zhang. Editing by Emma Pham. Mixing by Subash Thebe Limbu. ‘Pari Radio’ intro music composed by Carmen Mercedes Gago Schieb, edited by Emma Pham, with sound recording by Hayley Sophia Coghlan and Emma Pham. Pari Radio graphic by Rainer Ciar. Pari Radio is dedicated to Sab D'Souza. This project has been supported through a City of Parramatta Council Community Grant.